Recording LIVE from the #AMLE22 Annual Conference, Phyllis and Joe are back! In this first episode of the season, they talk with the middle schoolers and educator sponsors whose project on saving the bee population won the grand prize in the 2022 Solve Together Digital Career Exploration Challenge. The team talks about the importance of student choice and exploration in the middle grades, and some of the skills kids will naturally develop when you integrate these key concepts.

Thank you to students Michael Snono Thomas Esposito and from Franklin Avenue Middle School in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey for representing Team Passion Project, as well as their teacher Alyssa McAloney and instructional coach Gina Aiello. To learn more about the Solve Together contest visit  https://asasolvetogether.org/

Middle School Walk & Talk is a production of the Association for Middle Level Education. Learn more at amle.org.